The “peace” marches or protests or whatever you wish to call them certainly showed us a whole lot about the left in America didn’t it? Yes, I would say the scenes and sound bytes from this weekends “peace” protesters did a very good job of showing which side the left is on. Moreover, believe me kids; it is not the side of the troops!

Did you notice the decrease in news coverage of this year’s March for Life in Washington DC last week?

Tick tock, tick tock, goes the Doomsday Clock. Doomsday (at 12 o’clock) means, metaphorically speaking, that all human beings on planet Earth have only five more minutes to live. But don’t jump to any conclusion; or out a window, just yet.

So, here is a question: Why is CBS using propaganda film originally posted on an al Qaeda website and claiming it is merely “CBS obtained” with no mention of the actual source for Lara Logan’s report on The “Battle of Haifa Street”?

It’s a truly beautiful thing when people prove your point for you…

Here we go again. Yet another study on Global Warming, this one conducted by 600 scientists, is due to be released in early February. The new study will supposedly constitute a “smoking gun” in terms of the evidence of Man’s role in the changing climate. The anti-capitalist Left is in all likelihood panting in anticipation.

It’s good to see the right kind of bill moving through Congress for a change.

The resurrection of Jane Fonda and her socialite worshippers seemingly came from nowhere. All of a sudden we’re trapped in the Vietnam era all over again - or at least that’s the way it seems to be going. It has been said that America could have won the Vietnam war if it had not been for the wrath of the socialist anti-war movement of that depressing and embarrassing era in our history. America was defeated in that war, not by the Communist Vietnamese, but by the equally anti-American and highly brainwashed youth of that time. It was on college campuses that normal, ordinary youth were turned into stark raving maniacs hell bent on the path to making America lose a war against socialism and communism while all at the same time turning America to liberalism.

One of the most impressive ideas I’ve ever heard was put forth by Christopher Hitchens in his book Letters to a Young Contrarian. He believes that we always profit from debating our opponents as the act of responding to one another propels us towards the ultimate truth. Based on my experiences, Hitchens is absolutely right. Just as doing sets of bench presses cause our muscles to grow, the mind is strengthened by the process of intellectual exchange. Interaction with our enemies makes us fitter. 

Led by the anti-Bush faction at NBC News, the mainstream media are trying to turn the trial of Lewis “Scooter” Libby, the former top aide to Vice President Dick Cheney, into another indictment of the administration’s Iraq policy. But NBC’s Tim Russert and other media personalities are the ones really on trial, having themselves been implicated in uncertain knowledge of a phony “scandal” about who knew what and when regarding Ambassador Joseph Wilson’s CIA wife, Valerie Plame. You can bet the media will do their best to keep coverage of this trial away from how the Wilson/Plame controversy was completely mishandled by the press and how prominent journalists have memory problems about details in the case that make their own changing stories extremely questionable.

It’s unanimous! What was once known only as “socialized medicine” in socialist nations, was not-so-long ago unsuccessfully marketed as “Hillary-Care” by then First Lady Clinton in the 1990’s. Now it has a new name, “Universal Health Care” and every Democrat politician is on-board the pander wagon.

Say what you like about ex-president Jimmy Carter, the one undeniable fact is this: America’s 39th president is unstoppable when it comes to humiliating himself, the United States, the state of Georgia, Democrats, Southern Baptists, peanut farmers, and liberals in general.

Is there any greater act of cowardice than ignoring the opinions of your foes? Pundits who set up straw men, pretend that their opposition does not exist, and/or shout down their peers, do not so much as win arguments so they do in promote mass confusion. If you want to find truth and persuade others then you should study and vigorously refute the works of your opponents. This is particularly true with the bugbear of women’s (supposed) oppression in America. Even though it seems bizarre for anyone to survey the landscape and regard women as disfavored, the positions of feminist critics must be taken seriously. Jenny Dombrowski, in an article recently penned for the Baltimore Sun is one such commentator.

Tension between government by experts (intellectuals, bureaucrats, and independent legislators) and the voice of the people (expressed in elections and opinion polls) complicates politics in our Federal republic.

Since his re-election last month, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has signaled a further turn towards socialism and a turn away from freedom.  The mercurial, self-styled 21st century neo-Bolivarian announced at the beginning of this year that he would nationalize the energy and telecommunications sector as well as remove autonomy from its central bank.  To do this, Venezuela’s National Assembly will pass an enabling act to allow Chavez to rule by decree.  This legislation is expected to be finalized by the National Assembly, which is filled entirely by Chavez loyalists, on January 30th.